Running the SMU

[Nigel_Pain]

Windows Server 2019 environment.

This is such a silly little thing but it's doing my head in! I've downloaded the 64 bit SMU for Windows and I'm trying to run it, initially with the -help option. But I just get

No Java executable could be found in any configured location

I've tried setting JAVA_HOME to the location of the SAS Private Java Runtime Environment but to no avail. I couldn't find anything in the documentation about it. Can anyone help me out?!

Thanks.

[ronf_sas]

What version of Java is on your machine?  The latest SMU requires Java 21.  See Migration Utility Requirements:   SAS Help Center: Inventorying Your Current SAS Deployment

[Nigel_Pain]

According to the download page it requires Java 11, which is what we have in the Private Java Runtime Environment:

SAS Downloads: SAS 9.4 M8 Migration Utility

[Eddie305]

You should get the JRE and SMU from your depot. Details can be from the Migration Guide: 

https://documentation.sas.com/doc/en/bicdc/9.4/bimig/n02005intelplatform00migrate.htm

[Nigel_Pain]

I've got both the SMU and the JRE. It's just that the SMU isn't finding the JRE and I can't work out how to get it to do that.

[Eddie305 · Accepted solution]

Then, please use the jrehome option to specify the jre location.

e.g../smu94_x64.exe -jrehome c:\deploy\JRE11\jre -properties c:\deploy\SMU\smu.properties

Full details can be found in the SMU guide under section 'SAS Migration Utility Requirements'. Please read the manual in detail and it gives all the information you need.

[Nigel_Pain]

Thank you @Eddie305 that's what I needed! I'd been looking at this section:

SAS Help Center: SAS Migration Utility Reference

[ronf_sas]

It looks like the SMU does not have the -help option and using it will result in the Java not found error.   Additionally, you get that same error if you attempt to double-click the exe.

I can successfully run the M8 smu in my SAS deployment that has Java 11 by pointing to my properties file, like:

smu94_x64.exe -properties c:\temp\smu.properties